Thailand's new film rating system will divide movies into seven categories from May
THAILAND - The country's first film-rating system will be up and running in May after the Cabinet approved four draft regulations yesterday.
Rather than the five categories used elsewhere, Thailand's system will classify films into seven categories.
"The extra categories are for films that should be promoted on cultural or artistic merit, and films that should be banned for inappropriate content," Culture Minister Teera Slukpetch said.
Films that authorities deem to offend the monarchy, threaten national security, hamper national unity, insult faiths, disrespect honourable figures, challenge morals or contain explicit sex scenes will be banned from Thai screens.
The five other categories are similar to those used in rating systems elsewhere.
Special ratings
The "General Audiences" category is for films with no sex, abusive language or violence.
The "13" category excludes violence, brutality, inhumanity, bad language and indecent gestures, rules that are relaxed slightly for the "15" rating.
Films with an "18" rating can explore the darker side of human nature but must not show scenes of exposed genitalia, crime or drugs.
Then there are films for viewers aged 20 and above. Sex scenes are allowed here but only if viewers don't get a peek of genitalia.
It's not all bad
Thai Film Director Associa-tion chairman Yongyoot Thong-kongtoon said the regulations would give a framework for film directors. One positive side is that it might encourage less low-grade comedies and more movies with substance, he said.
"We'll have to wait and see what the new system brings in the long run."
Director and producer Prachya Pinkaew, who sits on the panel that prepared the draft regulations, said he was happy to see the system sail through the Cabinet. The regulations have been dogged by criticism since they were first unveiled.
Source: AsiaOne
Thought: Just looks like a reason to censor more, not that it'll affect any of us in Hua Hin who can't go to the movies anyway.
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Missed this one Buksi so I'll 'give it a go now'. "Whoopee Fu****g do!", what planet are they on. This is a 'pie in the sky' notion.buksida wrote:THAILAND - The country's first film-rating system will be up and running in May after the Cabinet approved four draft regulations yesterday.
The problem is that you already have kids watching serious horror and violence everywhere on pirate DVDs/CDs anyhow.
The cinema's are not the problem, you need to regulate that monster/leviathan that is called the 'illegal DVD/CD industry', coupled with the Thai family/social/parenting/responsibility etc issue of 7-10 year olds watching 'whatever the hell' they want that's available on the street corner, whilst nobody 'gives a sh**'.
They really are in "La-La" land on so many things like this.
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20 year olds can't get a peek at the old 'meat and two veg' or a woman's mufti...? What a bummer. Oops that another classification altogether...Then there are films for viewers aged 20 and above. Sex scenes are allowed here but only if viewers don't get a peek of genitalia.
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I must have imagined the film I spotted on normal TV at mid morning with about 30 black slaves stark bollock naked.Randy Cornhole wrote:20 year olds can't get a peek at the old 'meat and two veg' or a womans muffti...? What a bummer. Oops that another clasification altogeather...Then there are films for viewers aged 20 and above. Sex scenes are allowed here but only if viewers don't get a peek of genitalia.
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Ohhh Goly just give me
Thsi really show that Tailand is simply a Nanny state which take the resonsablility from it's people
If you closely @ these nausieating ratings they are a tat worse more than in the USA.
As Spitfire said rightly The is reallly LA LA Land!
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Thsi really show that Tailand is simply a Nanny state which take the resonsablility from it's people
If you closely @ these nausieating ratings they are a tat worse more than in the USA.
As Spitfire said rightly The is reallly LA LA Land!
Your's The understudy!
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hmmm....lets see....that leaves me......Films that authorities deem to offend the monarchy, threaten national security, hamper national unity, insult faiths, disrespect honourable figures, challenge morals or contain explicit sex scenes will be banned from Thai screens.
NOWT!!!!!
Hooray!
Now I know my film collection is actually worth watching!
I'll leave the drip feed diet of Disney, appallingly acted hackneyed drama, Mr Bean re-runs and totally unfunny comedy films to my Thai chums then.......
oh the hardships I bear to live in La La Land......
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